TRANSPORTATION SPHERE IN STATISTICS

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, /MONTSAME/ In the first 10 months of 2010, 2913.8 thous.passengers and 13754.8 thous.t freight (double counting) were carried by railway transport. Compared to the same period of the previous year, the number of carried passengers rose by 214.8 thous.persons or 8.0 percent, the number of carried freight rose by 2258.5 thous.t or 19.6 percent. Due to the increase in carried freight and passengers, revenue from railway transport increased by 63.3 bln.tog 34.0 percent to 249.6 bln.tog in the first 10 months of 2010, compared to the same period of the previous year.
In the first 10 months of 2010, 328.3 thous.passengers and 1370.9 t.freight (double counting) were carried by air transport. Compared to the same period of the previous year, the number of carried passengers rose by 65.0 thous.persons or 24.7 percent, the number of carried freight rose by 278.0 t or 25.4 percent.
Due to the increase in carried freight and passengers, revenue from air transport increased by 11.5 bln.tog or 11.9 percent to 108.1 bln.tog in the first 10 months of 2010, compared to the same period of the previous year.
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